FOWAS, Friends of the Watsonville Animal Shelter SPAY + NEUTER

FOWAS (Friends Of Watsonville Animal Shelter) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the animals in Santa Cruz County. FOWAS relies on donations to provide the following services: contributing significantly to the low-cost spay and neutering of dogs, cats and rabbits since 2004, including creating a clinic for this purpose in 2013; providing supplies (such as blankets, toys, etc.) to ensure that animals at the Shelter are as comfortable as possible; helping adoptable animals that need more medical care than Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter can afford; educating the public about animal care and spay/neuter

2002: FOWAS was founded. 2013: FOWAS established a clinic in Watsonville to provide low-cost spay and neuter services for dogs, cats and rabbits within Santa Cruz County. 2018: Our clinic's charter was changed to provide low cost spay and neuter to all of the Pajaro Valley, which includes northern Monterey County. In this arrangement, FOWAS subsidizes the clinic to keep the spay and neuter costs down. 2002-present: FOWAS has provided thousands of low-cost or free spay and neuter services for dogs, cats and rabbits in the Watsonville area. In recent years, FOWAS and Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter have co-sponsored the 'Healthy Dogs Shots Fair in Watsonville. In addition, FOWAS helps abandoned animals in need of medical help and donates supplies to the Watsonville animal shelter

Mission — FOWAS improves the well-being of the community’s dogs, cats, and rabbits by + subsidizing vaccinations and spay/neutering services for pets + educating the public about animal care and spay/neuter + helping adoptable animals that need more medical care than Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter can afford + providing supplies (such as blankets, toys, etc.) to ensure that animals at the Shelter are as comfortable as possible. In providing these services, our goals are to reduce the number of ownerless pets, and to aid families in becoming successful pet owners